7 days ago
by Robin |
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What a difference a few sunny days with above-average temperatures can make! It feels like April. My youngest child was helping me in the garden today and he noticed small (millimeter) sprouts in several of our winter sowing containers:
chardlettucespinachbrussel sproutssorrelcauliflowerphlox
It seems so early in the year. I am hoping there won’t be a killing cold spell but perhaps I can bring the jugs with sprouts into the house overnight if the forecast predicts really cold t...
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7 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 7, 2010
My goal with my winter sowing was to grow some really good onions this year. At the time of planting, I only had a package of seeds for last year. I put some seeds in the winter sowing jug and some, a while ago, indoors in a tray.
Last week I also planted some onion seeds that I received from an order placed this year. Overnight, this new batch popped up. Success! However, that means that my first plantings are a “no go”—and thus the winter sowing batch ...
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8 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 7/10
Information from a pamphlet I picked up at the gardening show
Pruning Trees and Other Spring Care Tips
when the temperature is above 10 C, and before buds break out, apply dormant oil spray to fruit trees to smother over-wintering insects that will cause damage to tree/fruit
5D’s of pruning: remove limbs that might be Dangerous, Dead, Diseased or Damaged as well as affect overall Design/shape desired
don’t prune more than 1/3 of the tree in one year
prune...
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8 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 7, 2010
I went through the flyers that picked up at the Stratford Garden Festival yesterday.
Here are some of the interesting tidbits
June 5th: 13 Annual Garden Fair, Water St. St Mary’s (free event) – sounds interesting
pruning information (I will create a new blog about this as it is a whole topic in itself)
grass: don’t start mowing until it is actively grown and is at least 8 cm tall
ponds: start feeding fish when temp of water is 10 degrees C
lawn...
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8 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 6, 2010(continued from previous blog)
Information from the Presentations that I attended
Session 1: Low Maintenance Gardening- mulch: use shredded mulch (pine, cedar) because it will decompose better- don’t smother perennials, pull the mulch back from them a bit- don’t put mulch up around tree trunks as it will rot the bark and the tree will die- create a saucer with the mulch, creating a pocket to retain water - annuals are water hogs – use containers for annual...
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8 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 6, 2010
With the morning sun shining brightly, Rick and I headed to Stratford. It was a gorgeous morning for the approx. 1 hour drive.
At the show, we had a few minutes to wait until it opened. At the door, we were welcomed by this beautiful piece of art:
I’m so glad we arrived early – we were able to see most of the exhibits without the crowds. During the day I did manage to bump into Jroot and his wife (my camera man had just went outside for some “fresh air...
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9 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 5/10
Sitting here, waiting for spring, my mind starts churning, thinking.. thinking.. thinking… (it’s a dangerous thing, sometimes!)
This winter I took the risk of leaving my fish in the pond… a big sigh of relief, they have survived.
Now, I look at all the plants that I hauled in last fall and think “this is crazy” – not my style. If they can’t survive the winter outside then they aren’t the plants for me.
So, I had a thought.R...
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12 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 3/10
This morning I watched a starling go into one of the birdhouses in our backyard. A second starling sat nearby.
Soon the starling came back out of the birdhouse with something in its beak. It dropped the “whatever” to the ground, cleaned its beak and went back into the birdhouse.
The spring cleaning processes was repeated several times while I watched. I guess the couple have chosen their new home.
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18 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Feb 25/10
After having completed plan A and plan B I think I have settled on my final (oh that’s funny) plan for 2010.
Plants ordered include:
honeyberry bushes (my blog)
goji berry
cranberry
seabuckthorn
persimmon tree
I currently have a stretch of blueberry bushes that require acidic soil and the cranberries require the same type. Although I think I’ll just continue the line down along a path I might decide at the last minute to plant them “side by si...
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23 days ago
by Robin |
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February 20, 2010
As I accumulate more containers, I fill them and put them outside. Here are the milk jugs of vegetable seeds I put outside today:
15. Sea Kale16. French Sorrel17. Good King Henry18. Cauliflower Romanesca Veronica19. Brussel Sprouts – Falstaff20. Welsh Bunching Onions21. Lettuce Mix (Romaine, Black-Seeded Simpson, Green Deer Tongue, Red Sails)
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